<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would love to write a dissertation on corporate profit and shareholder greed,  or the scandalous mercenary attitudes of monopolistic megalithic multinational conglomerates, but I won't!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=falcone1132@tmlp.com href="mailto:falcone1132@tmlp.com">Marshall Connolly</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:03 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Falcone pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial> He (Santi Falcone) managed enough financial backing to purchase an old shoe factory on Duncan Street in Haverhill, and continued building very high-quality hand-manufactured pianos (serial #s 1000- 1200) before a need for finances rendered him unable to continue without taking the company "public".  This is when a disastrous blow befell the company.  In need of financing, Santi Falcone was "consumed", by  1% (51% ownership) in 1989 and offered the opportunity by its new owners to remain as a "technician"-- destroying all his dreams of building instruments that rival Steinway, Fazioli, and the other greats.</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>